Former Longhorn Heisman Trophy winner will be formally inducted at a ceremony on Feb. 18, 2013 in Waco, Texas
Nov. 28, 2012
WACO, Texas - Former Texas Football running back and Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams will be inducted into Texas Sports Hall of Fame in February.
Williams played running back for UT from 1995-98. Williams finished his career with 21 NCAA records and 46 University of Texas all-time marks. He left Texas holding NCAA records for career rushing yards (6,279), all-purpose yards (7,206), rushing TDs (72), and total TDs (75). The 1998 Heisman Trophy winner won back-to-back NCAA rushing titles as a junior and senior.
Williams also was named the Maxwell Award winner, Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year and the Associated Press Player of the Year as a senior. He was also a two-time recipient (1997-98) of the Doak Walker Award.
Williams went on to play professional football for 11 years with three different NFL teams. He retired last season after playing with the Baltimore Ravens. Williams totaled 10,009 career rushing yards and 66 rushing TDs. He also had 342 receptions for 2,606 receiving yards.
The 2012 class also includes former Longhorn softball player Cat Osterman, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, former Dallas Cowboys running back Walt Garrison, former Milwaukee Braves third baseman Eddie Mathews, former Lubbock Monterey High School baseball coach Bobby Moegle, former San Antonio High School and NBA basketball champion Shaquille O'Neal.
The formal induction ceremony will take place Feb. 18, 2013 in Waco, Texas.
Government is mulling ways to curb gold imports, as it is causing trade gap to widen and also current account deficit. The writer suggests that the government should maintain it as an attractive investment avenue while framing policies.
The import of two items contributes disproportionately to India's record trade gap and current account deficit.
One of these, namely energy imports, is unavoidable. The strong demand for the other item - gold - is driven by several factors and may perhaps be reduced.
India imports up to a quarter of annual global production, and gold imports equal 75 per cent of the current account deficit. Gold has always been a traditional repository of savings, and households contribute 80 per cent of demand.
An estimated 25,000 tonnes of bullion is held by Indian households. While that is an impressive stock of wealth, it is unproductive and earns no interest. It has, however, been an excellent hedge against inflation.
In the last three years, high inflation and slow GDP growth have made alternative assets like equity and debt unattractive. At the same time, gold has gained against hard currencies, as debt-to-GDP ratios have hit worrying levels across the euro zone and the US.
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An ocean away: 2 new encrusting anemones found in unexpected locationsPublic release date: 29-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
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As a result of field work by associate professor James Davis Reimer and two graduate students from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan has found two new species of encrusting anemones, or colonial zoanthids, in unexpected locations. The species belong to the genus Neozoanthus, which was previously known only from a single species in the Indian Ocean. Surprisingly, the new species were found in the Pacific Ocean, in southern Japan and on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.
The only previous species of Neozoanthus was described in 1972 from Madagascar, and subsequently it was not seen for almost 40 years, until recent research had ascertained that new Pacific specimens likely belonged to Neozoanthus (Reimer et al. 2011, in the journal Marine Biology). The new study formally describes these new specimens as two species.
The members of this genus are small, with individual polyps no more than 6 mm in diameter, and have red, gray, blue or purple oral discs; all inhabit coral reef ecosystems in areas with strong currents and some siltation. Both new species and the species from Madagascar contain symbiotic, photosynthetic, single-celled algae that can provide them with energy from the sun.
"We were very surprised in 2008 to discover Neozoanthus in the Pacific, in Japan," said Reimer, "and initially thought that perhaps these were very rare." However, further research in southern Japan by graduate students Yuka Irei and Takuma Fujii, co-authors on the new paper, revealed that the Japanese species was locally common. A further surprise came during the Census of Marine Life's Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs) surveys on the Great Barrier Reef in 2009 and 2010, when similar encrusting anemones were found thousands of kilometers away from both Madagascar and Japan.
"These findings can be explained by the fact that there are very few zoanthid researchers in the world. These species are not particularly hard to find, but there was no one looking for them," Reimer added. "This research demonstrates how little we know about marine biodiversity, even in regions relatively well researched."
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An ocean away: 2 new encrusting anemones found in unexpected locationsPublic release date: 29-Nov-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: James D. Reimer jreimer@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp 81-988-958-542 Pensoft Publishers
As a result of field work by associate professor James Davis Reimer and two graduate students from the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, Japan has found two new species of encrusting anemones, or colonial zoanthids, in unexpected locations. The species belong to the genus Neozoanthus, which was previously known only from a single species in the Indian Ocean. Surprisingly, the new species were found in the Pacific Ocean, in southern Japan and on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The study was published in the open access journal ZooKeys.
The only previous species of Neozoanthus was described in 1972 from Madagascar, and subsequently it was not seen for almost 40 years, until recent research had ascertained that new Pacific specimens likely belonged to Neozoanthus (Reimer et al. 2011, in the journal Marine Biology). The new study formally describes these new specimens as two species.
The members of this genus are small, with individual polyps no more than 6 mm in diameter, and have red, gray, blue or purple oral discs; all inhabit coral reef ecosystems in areas with strong currents and some siltation. Both new species and the species from Madagascar contain symbiotic, photosynthetic, single-celled algae that can provide them with energy from the sun.
"We were very surprised in 2008 to discover Neozoanthus in the Pacific, in Japan," said Reimer, "and initially thought that perhaps these were very rare." However, further research in southern Japan by graduate students Yuka Irei and Takuma Fujii, co-authors on the new paper, revealed that the Japanese species was locally common. A further surprise came during the Census of Marine Life's Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs) surveys on the Great Barrier Reef in 2009 and 2010, when similar encrusting anemones were found thousands of kilometers away from both Madagascar and Japan.
"These findings can be explained by the fact that there are very few zoanthid researchers in the world. These species are not particularly hard to find, but there was no one looking for them," Reimer added. "This research demonstrates how little we know about marine biodiversity, even in regions relatively well researched."
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Reimer JD, Irei Y, Fujii T (2012) Two new species of Neozoanthus (Cnidaria, Hexacorallia, Zoantharia) from the Pacific. ZooKeys 246: 69. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.246.3886
About ZooKeys
ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal launched to support free exchange of ideas and information in biodiversity science, issued by Pensoft Publishers. All papers published in ZooKeys can be freely copied, downloaded, printed and distributed at no charge for the reader. ZooKeys implemented several cutting-edge innovation in publishing and dissemination of science information and is considered a technological leader in its field.
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A representative for Jessica Simpson told TODAY.com that she won't be?commenting on a report from Us Weekly?which says the star is pregnant with her second child. Simpson gave birth to daughter?Maxwell Drew just seven months ago.
The magazine cites an unnamed source in its cover story, saying that the pregnancy came as a surprise to the "Fashion Star" mentor and her fiance of two years, Eric Johnson. "It definitely wasn't planned. But yes, Jessica is pregnant again," the?source says, noting that Simpson is "overjoyed."
Since Simpson's reps don't want to speak right now, it might be wise for interested parties to keep a close eye on the star's Twitter?account, which is where she confirmed her first pregnancy. Simpson used the account recently to tweet a photo of her fiance and Maxwell, attaching a Thanksgiving message to her followers: "I am so grateful for my new lil family!"?
The spotlight has been firmly affixed to Simpson since giving birth to Maxwell -- aside from this latest report, any and all news of her post-baby weight loss has been closely monitored. Simpson hasn't said exactly how much she gained while pregnant or exactly how much she's lost since she delivered her daughter in May, but she did speak out in September admitting that the weight doesn't come off easily. "I didn't realize it didn't all come off with the baby," Simpson told USA Today.
E! News meanwhile reached out to Weight Watchers?on the baby No. 2 news. Simpson is a spokesperson for the company. "Any questions related to Jessica's personal life can only be answered by her team," Stephanie Schulman, public relations manager at Weight Watchers, told E!. "We do not disclose financial details about our relationships with any of our ambassadors."
A portable, ground-based laser has successfully destroyed four rockets and zapped an unmanned aerial system in a series of tests designed to demonstrate the war-fighting technology, Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday.?
The security and aerospace company is building the Area Defense Anti-Munitions system to provide militaries with a defense against short-range threats. It could prove particularly useful as protection for forward operating bases.
ADAM?s tracking system can lock onto a target more than 3.1 miles distant and keep it in sight even in cluttered optical environments. Its 10 kilowatt laser can destroy targets up to 1.2 miles away.?
Earlier this summer, the company released a video showing the portable laser disable an Osprey UAV with an 11-foot wingspan at a range of 0.9 miles. The company today announced it has also ?destroyed four small-caliber rocket targets in simulated flight at a range of approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles).?
The development adds to a growing list of high-tech weaponry that?s changing the face of war.?
Some systems, such as the Iron Dome, are already in use by the Israel Defense Forces to ground incoming rockets fired on densely populated cities. Others, such as killer robots, could reshape the battlefield in the future, unless a campaign to stop them prevails.?
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. To learn more about him, check out his website. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2012) ? When seasonal changes affect food availability, omnivores like blue monkeys adapt by changing their diets, but such nutritional changes may impact female reproduction, according to research published November 28 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Steffen Foerster from Barnard College, and colleagues from Columbia University and the Smithsonian Institution.
The authors found that levels of fecal glucocorticoids (fGC), a stress marker, increased when female monkeys shifted their diet towards lower quality fallback foods, whereas the levels decreased when the monkeys had access to preferred foods like insects, fruits and young leaves.
They also found that lactating females and those in the later stages of pregnancy showed greater increases in the stress marker than females who were not in these stages of reproduction. According to the authors, their results suggest that these seasonal changes in food availability may affect inter-birth intervals in these primates, and also affect the timing of infant independence from mothers.
Foerster adds, ""While it was interesting to find that even subtle changes in dietary composition may have strong effects on female reproductive decisions, it is equally noteworthy that social stress was almost entirely absent from blue monkey societies. Our study makes the point that integrating behavioral, ecological, and hormonal measures can reveal adaptive behavioral and reproductive strategies that would otherwise be difficult to discern."
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The Iowa Prep Sports podcast returns to talk about the state football teams and the unveiling of the Gazette/KCRG all-area team, which will be revealed online on IowaPrepSports.com on Thursday, Dec. 6 and in the newspaper on Sunday, Dec. 9. Players of the year (overall, offense and defense) plus the area Coach Of The Year will be revealed online at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 9.
In this episode of the podcast, reporters Jeff Linder and K.J. Pilcher talked about the debate that went into the teams that all our reporters voted on over the course of long deliberations.
As always, you can subscribe to the podcast here on iTunes. You can listen to previous episodes online here.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Jeff Zucker, a former head of NBCUniversal and the producer of Katie Couric's talk show, will be named president of Time Warner Inc's ratings-starved CNN cable news channel, a source close to the situation said on Tuesday.
Zucker will succeed departing CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton, who said in July he was leaving the once-dominant news network after nine years in the job and a recent ratings slump.
The appointment of Zucker as the new president of CNN Worldwide will be announced by the end of next week, the source said.
CNN, founded in 1980 and now owned by Time Warner, has tried to hold the middle ground in its news coverage, a position that some blame for its ratings erosion, while ratings have risen for competitors Fox News and MSNBC, which blend news with opinion and political commentary.
You probably don?t realize that roofing contractors have many different options available to them when considering the type of shingle best suited to your home. Most people assume that the type of shingle they have now is the kind they will always have, but that isn?t the case.
Roofing contractors realize that different roofs have different decorative and protective needs, so they have developed a variety of shingles to choose from.
Wooden and Metal Shingles
Many homes in rural areas want to have a country feel. The country life appeals to the owners, and they want their house to reflect it. Wooden shake shingles provide excellent protection from the elements and give the home that feel of being close to nature. It?s like being transported back 200 years to the days of westward expansion, but with all the modern treatments and protection the settlers didn?t have.
If you?re in an area that gets pummeled regularly by bad weather than metal shingles may be a better route for you. These materials provide superior protection from the strongest storms and keep your roof safe. Metal shingles are also very attractive visually and are becoming a popular choice for homeowners.
Composition Shingles
These shingles are made from asphalt and are commonly chosen for roofs because of their moderate price and good protection. There are three levels of composition shingle protection. Tabbed is the least expensive and provide protection for about 10-20 years. Laminated shingles have layers of tabss and offer additional protection.
Premium shingles can last upwards of 50 years and provide the best protection, but they are also the most expensive.
Shingles For All Types of Roofs
Roofing contractors have many options for roofing every surface, from low slope to tiles. It?s important that you sit down and talk with your contractor about your options. He?ll be able to fill you in on all the available types of roofing material, what works best for you home and what?s in your price range.
Yancey Home Improvements offers roofing repairs and emergency repairs for your every need. Should you find that you have a stubborn leak or wind damage from our varying Northern California weather, we can help. We have a wide selection of roofing options available to you, so give us a call.
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Amazon has great prices and a great selection, but sometimes its browsing leaves a bit to be desired. YASIV is a simple tool that lets you type in a book or album you like, and view what other fans have bought in a visual, web-like view.
On almost every product, Amazon lists related items under "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought." Unfortunately, scrolling through that list and opening each item up is annoying. YASIV gives you a tree spreading out from one item, showing you not just what other customers bought with that item, but what other customers bought from those resulting items as well, giving you a massive web of books, albums, or anything else you might be interested in. Check out the video above to see it in action, or hit the link below to try it out.
Did you know?Alt Design Summit?has a wide variety of Pinterest?boards??The boards are wonderful sources of inspiration any time of the year and especially during the holidays. I'm honored to be the curator of one of the boards?It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere.?Stop on by and check it out. The board has drink recipes, wine selection ideas, vineyard videos, and gift ideas for the wine lovers and more.?
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.?? NASA is looking for new ideas on what to do with two space telescopes left over from a once-secret U.S. spy satellite program.
The U.S. space agency asked the scientific community on Tuesday for its input into possible missions for a pair of space telescopes donated last year to NASA by the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the nation's spy satellites.
"NRO offered us their leftover hardware if we want it. They've been totally open in allowing us to study whether this hardware would be of advantage to NASA," said Paul Hertz, who oversees NASA's astrophysics programs.
Topping the list of existing proposals is to use one telescope for a mission to learn more about an anti-gravity force known as "dark energy," which is believed to be responsible for speeding up the universe's rate of expansion.
The phenomenon was discovered in the 1990s by two teams of researchers who shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work.
The National Academy of Sciences has made that mission, known as the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope, its top choice for an astrophysics space mission for the next decade.
NASA estimates the WFIRST mission would cost $1.5 billion to $2 billion, but it cannot begin a major new astrophysics project until spending winds down on the over-budget and delayed James Webb Space Telescope, which is a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and is scheduled for launch in 2018.
The NRO telescopes, which were built to peer down at Earth, each have a primary mirror that is 7.9 feet in diameter, much larger than the 4.3-foot (1.3-meter) observatory originally proposed for the WFIRST mission.
While a larger telescope may allow for more detailed observations, it could be more expensive to outfit with instruments and launch into space.
"There's a whole lot of ways that a larger telescope might benefit you, even if it doesn't save you money," Hertz said.
Another option is to pair the WFIRST mission with a new initiative to view Earth-sized planets beyond the solar system, said Princeton University researcher David Spergel, who organized a workshop for scientists in September to discuss telescope proposals.
The extra-solar planet hunter also could be a stand-alone mission.
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Another idea is to use one of the telescopes to study how the sun affects Earth's magnetic field.
Like the Hubble observatory, the NRO telescopes are capable of producing extremely high-resolution images. Although they are declassified, NASA is prohibited from using the donated telescopes to produce visible-light images of Earth.
Looking beyond astrophysics missions may get at least one of the telescopes out of storage sooner.
"Astrophysics is limited in its ability to do anything based on pre-existing project developments in our budget. The rest of the agency has potentially more flexibility," said Michael Moore, NASA's assistant director for innovation and technology.
"Can you use the hardware to address things that are being done in advanced technology development or with humans or with robotics? That expands the universe of potential users," he said.
NASA said responses to its request for mission proposals are due by Jan. 7.
The telescopes are being stored for NASA by ITT Exelis in Rochester, N.Y., at a cost of less than $100,000 a year, Hertz said.
"We can keep them in storage as long as we want to keep paying the rent," he said.
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?The Nutcracker? ? Ballet Nebraska ? Iowa Western Arts Center, Council Bluffs ? Friday, November 30, 7:30 PM. Tickets Adults $47, $32, $27. Info & Tickets 712-388-7140.
COMING IN DECEMBER
?The Carol? ? Adapted from Charles Dickens? A Christmas Carol ? Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak, Thursday through Saturday, December 6 ? 8, 7:30 PM and the last performance on Sunday, December 9, 2:30 PM.? Adults $10, Student $5.? For tickets and information call 712-623-3183.
?Iowa Western Vocal Concert? ? Iowa Western Performing Arts Center, Council Bluffs, Sunday, December 9, 3PM.? Free. ?For information call 712-325.3200.
?Dalena Ditto?s Branson Christmas? ? Wilson Performing Arts Center, Red Oak, Saturday, December 17, 7:30 PM.? Tickets $25.? For information or tickets call 712-623-3183.
AUDITIONS
?Evil Dead: The Musical? ? Omaha Community Playhouse, 6195 Cass Street, Omaha ? Monday and Tuesday, December 3 and 4 at 7 PM.? Production dates are February 8 ? March 17, 2013, performing in the Howard Drew Theatre.
Roles available for men and women ages 18-30. Those auditioning will take part in a dance audition and should bring a piece of music (16-32 bars) to sing; a pianist will be provided.
Character Information:
Ash ? College student, baritone Cheryl ? College student, alto Annie ? Mid-twenties, alto (Actor also plays SHELLY) Linda ? College student, soprano Scott ? College student, tenor Ed ? Mid-twenties, bass (Actor also plays MOOSE) Jake ? Mid-thirties, baritone Fake Shemp ? This is all of the small roles in the show (the severed hand, headless body, etc.)
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?Proof? ? Chanticleer Theatre, 830 Franklin Ave, Council Bluffs, Sunday and Monday, December 16 and 17, 7 PM.? Production dates February 1 ? 10.
Character Information:
Catherine: A young woman who inherited at least some of her father?s mathematical genius, and, she fears, his ?instability? as well; she gave up her life and schooling to take care of her father until his recent death.
Claire: Catherine?s older sister, a no nonsense, take charge kind of gal who left Robert and Catherine behind in the run down family home on the edge of the University of Chicago campus where Robert taught to make a life for herself in New York City.
Robert: A recently deceased mathematician who did brilliant, breakthrough work in his youth, but whose later years were plagued by delusional mental illness; he is seen in Catherine?s imagination and in flashbacks.
Harold (Hal) Dobbs: One of Robert?s last Ph.D. students during the one year his idol and mentor?s illness went into remission, at least enabling Robert to teach, if not continue his own creative mathematical work.
Finalists for the White House's 2012 Race to the Top grant competition were released Monday. To no one's surprise, the Los Angeles Unified School District is not a contender.
In a phone call with The Huffington Post, LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy feigned shock at the news. "We're not a finalist? I'm shocked!" he said, jokingly. But Deasy also expressed sadness that the district's application, which did not have the required support of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) teachers' union, did not place in the contest.
"It is sad, but I understand the department's decision-making process," he said, referring to the Department of Education. "It's a sad loss of opportunity for the students of LAUSD."
Just days before the Oct. 30 grant application deadline, Deasy said UTLA was stalling on an endorsement of LAUSD's application to the highly competitive $40 million grant program.
"We don't have a signature yet, Deasy told the Los Angeles Daily News. "I don't understand why they can't say yes to free money."
Though the deadline was eventually extended in consideration of schools that were affected by Hurricane Sandy, it still wasn't enough time for LAUSD and UTLA to come to an agreement over the application.
Deasy and Warren Fletcher, president of UTLA, disagreed publicly over why the two organizations couldn't see eye-to-eye on the grant application. Deasy claimed that Race To The Top's requirement for what he called ?a new, robust teacher evaluation program" was a sticking point for the union. But Fletcher said the grant money came with the need for "a lot of bureaucracy" that would remain in place after the money was gone.
With the clock ticking down, Deasy eventually decided to submit the grant application without the UTLA's blessing. His statement on the decision, via the Los Angeles Times:
I have instructed staff to submit an application with all required signatures except that of the teachers union ... I want to make the case that here in Los Angeles, after months of trying repeatedly to form a partnership for youth and faculty on this issue our students should not be penalized due to the absence of a [union] signature.
Fletcher could not be reached for comment, but a UTLA spokeswoman did refer The Huffington Post to a statement the union released on Nov. 1. It reads, in part:
UTLA decided not to sign the Race to the Top grant application because it would not be fiscally responsible. It would cost more money than it brings in. No matter what John Deasy says, it will not put teachers in classrooms. It would cost more than $43.3 million to implement the $40 million RTTT grant, resulting in a net loss of more than $3 million dollars---dollars schools desperately need. The much bigger fiscal problem is that the grant commits LAUSD to ongoing costs long after the grant money runs out. Those required costs are for bureaucracy and not for classroom instruction.
If LAUSD had won, the grant money would have funded programs to help some 25,000 students in under-performing schools who are at risk of dropping out. "We hope that other philanthropists might be able to fund this work," Deasy said Monday.
One LA-area school was named a finalist in the Race To The Top competition: Animo Leadership High School, a charter school in Inglewood affiliated with the Green Dot charter school organization. Green Dot's application, which the school organization crafted with Green Dot's teacher union, included a plan to boost science and social studies courses and expand students' access to technology.
Three California school districts were also named finalists in the 2012 competition: Galt Joint Union, Lindsay Unified and New Haven Unified.
Previous Race To The Top competitions were open only to states, but the 2012 contest challenged individual school districts to craft programs targeting specific student populations within their community. The new rules were a game-changer for school districts in cities like Houston, Texas -- which ultimately did not qualify to be a finalist. Texas, led by Gov. Rick Perry (R), has refused to apply for grant money in protest of what they see as a heavy federal hand in state education affairs.
This year, 61 finalists were picked from 372 applicants. Between 15 and 25 of the finalists will be selected to receive four-year awards ranging from $5 million to $40 million, depending on the size of the program outlined in the grant application. Winners will be announced by Dec. 31, 2012.
?These finalists are setting the curve for the rest of the country with innovative plans to drive education reform in the classroom,? U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in a statement. ?This competition was designed to support local efforts to close the achievement gap and transform the learning environment in a diverse set of districts, but no matter who wins, children across the country will benefit from the clear vision and track records of success demonstrated by these finalists.?
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This guest article from YourTango was written by?Teresa Maples.
Many women and men dismiss bits of information about their partner that turn out to be warning signs for future trouble. These subtle feelings are actually your gut telling you to pay attention to something.
During the early phase of marriage, most people want to see the good in their spouse. Overall, I think this is a good strategy. However, it is also important and healthy to be able to trust your gut when you feel there is a problem in your relationship and address it with your spouse.
Trusting your gut involves some basic skills, so let?s look at four tips that may help improve the chances of your marriage thriving.
1. Awareness of your body sensations ? What is your gut telling you?
This involves paying attention to your heartbeat rate, pain in your heart, tightness in your chest, weight on your shoulders, intestinal distress and other sensations as indicators to pay attention to your feelings.
For example, early in my marriage, I overlooked my gut feelings. I did not have words for them. My husband would talk a lot, tell stories and generally be entertaining. This is a great quality about him; anyone would say he is a great story teller. At the time, I saw his story telling as a positive since I was relieved from my responsibility to communicate, due to my shyness and insecurity. I actually pushed my body sensations aside and did not pay attention to them.
It worked for me at the time. However over time, my body sensations began to emerge as tightness in my throat, pressure in my chest and pain in my heart. I knew then there was something wrong. I then had to find words for the bodily sensations I felt. I developed a deep resentment towards him and didn?t know why.
2. Vocabulary to identify subtle feelings.
Once you have identified your bodily sensation, you can begin to identify the feeling associated with it. Most people will identify with feelings of sad, mad or glad. But there are deeper feelings which fuel these basic catagories of feelings. Some of these deeper feelings can be fear of rejection, fear of loneliness or fear of abandonment.
I had to learn to accept my sad and mad feelings. Then after digging deeper, I found that I felt cast aside, rejected and abandoned by my husband when he told his stories. He would be the center of attention and I would be in a pity party with myself.
3. Courage to communicate your feelings to your partner.
Talking about deep feelings is a courageous act. When we risk exposing ourselves in a deep way we risk being hurt by the other person. Ultimately we have to decide if it is worth the risk of being exposed and connected fully and authentically with another person. Hiding parts of who we are out of fear leaves us disconnected and not really known.
Once I identified my deep feelings, I had to take responsibility for myself and be more assertive. I needed to communicate and share who I was with my husband and with other people. I knew that if I wanted to be known by him I had to be willing to work through any reaction he might display. I had to have courage to risk his disapproval or rejection if he reacted to my deep feelings. Actually, by the time I did share my feelings with him, I was determined to be known regardless the cost.
4. Problem solving skills to address the situation with your partner for a win-win outcome.
Sometimes when you change a behavior in a relationship it is confusing to your partner. Through couples counseling you can learn new ways of relating to each other that work better for both of you. Helping your partner to thrive will improve your satisfaction in the relationship.
My husband and I learned to resolve differences with help. I learned to take care of my social needs and he learned to allow space for others to tell their stories too. My husband?s determination to find a win-win solution helped us grow closer together.
Always remember relationships are messy ? there is no way around that fact. Negotiating the intimate details of our lives is risky. Every person has gut feelings. Working through these feelings is what makes for a healthy marriage or couple-ship.
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A console port for Capcom's well received 3DS effort Resident Evil: Revelations appears to be in the works for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
Eurogamer reports PS3 and 360 versions of the game were recently listed on the Korean Ratings Board.
Revelations launched earlier this year on 3DS, and if the ports do come about, they?ll likely be the last of this console generation for the franchise. The next major title is likely a long while off, following last month?s release of Resident Evil 6.
Capcom has thus far declined to comment on the matter.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ? The mother of Hector "Macho" Camacho says she has decided to have doctors cut off life support for the former world champion boxer Saturday once three more of his sons get a last chance to see him.
Though opposed by Camacho's eldest son, the boxer's mother Maria Matias said she had decided it was time for doctors to disconnect the machines that have kept him alive since he was shot in the face earlier in the week.
"I lost my son three days ago. He's alive only because of a machine," Matias said. "My son is not alive. My son is only alive for the people who love him," she added.
She said at a news conference Friday night that she was waiting only for Camacho's three other sons, who were expected to arrive from the U.S. mainland early Saturday. "Until they arrive, we will not disconnect the machine," Matias said.
Another news conference was scheduled for Saturday morning at Centro Medico, the main trauma center for San Juan.
The former champion's mother has the final say in the matter, but his eldest son, Hector Camacho Jr., said he wanted to keep his father alive.
"He's going to fight until the end. My father is a boxer," the son said.
Although doctors had said Camacho was clinically brain dead from a shooting Tuesday night in his hometown of Bayamon, relatives and friends told The Associated Press they were still wrestling with the idea of removing him from life support.
"It is a very difficult decision, a very delicate decision," former pro boxer Victor "Luvi" Callejas, a longtime friend, said in a phone interview. "The last thing we lose is hope and faith. If there is still hope and faith, why not wait a little more?"
Aida Camacho, one of the boxer's aunts, said in an interview that the family could decide by late Friday whether to donate his organs.
As some relatives and friends continued to pray for a miracle, condolences flowed in for Camacho's family and preparations were being made for memorials and a funeral Mass.
Gov. Luis Fortuno lamented what he called a sudden loss. "'Macho' will always be remembered for his spontaneity and charisma in and out of the ring," he said.
Also offering condolences was governor-elect Alejandro Garcia Padilla, who defeated Fortuno in November.
"The life of Macho Camacho, like other great athletes of ours, united the country," he said. "We celebrated his triumphs in the streets and we applauded him with noble sportsmanship when he didn't prevail."
Camacho was shot as he sat in a car with a friend, 49-year-old Adrian Mojica Moreno, who was killed in the attack. Police spokesman Alex Diaz said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend's pocket and a 10th bag open inside the car.
Police reported no arrests and said investigators continued to look for potential witnesses. Capt. Rafael Rosa told reporters Friday that they were following several leads, but declined to say whether police had identified any suspects. He said very few witnesses were cooperating.
Hector Camacho Jr. decried the violence that grips Puerto Rico, a U.S. island territory of nearly 4 million people that reported a record 1,117 homicides last year.
"Death, jail, drugs, killings," he said. "That's what the streets are now."
Camacho's sisters have said they would like to fly Camacho's body to New York and bury him there. Camacho grew up mostly in Harlem, earning the nickname the "Harlem Heckler."
He won super lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight world titles in the 1980s and fought high-profile bouts against Felix Trinidad, Julio Cesar Chavez and Sugar Ray Leonard while compiling a career record of 79-6-3. He knocked out Leonard in 1997, ending the former champ's final comeback attempt.
Camacho battled drug, alcohol and other problems throughout his life. He was sentenced in 2007 to seven years in prison on burglary charges, but a judge eventually suspended all but one year of the sentence and gave Camacho probation. He wound up serving two weeks in jail after violating that probation. A wife also filed domestic abuse complaints against him twice before their divorce.
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Baseball team executives and agents wandered into the Agave Sunset lounge at the resort where the general managers' meetings were held in Indian Wells, Calif. Four of the six flat-screen televisions were showing election coverage, with the other two turned to sports.
President Barack Obama's victory over Mitt Romney was of as much interest to baseball's money men as the game scores, given the millions of dollars routinely guaranteed in player contracts these days.
As free agents negotiate deals this offseason, tax policy is an area that comes up along with the usual issues. Some players are wrangling for as much money as they can get before the end of the year to avoid a take hike in 2013.
"Front-loading would make sense if at all possible as tax rates will definitely go up on January 1st on all high-income taxpayers," agent Greg Genske said in an email. "The only question is HOW MUCH will the rates increase????"
This much is known for now: Starting Jan. 1, there is an additional 0.9 percent Medicare tax on wages above $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly under the federal Affordable Care Act, a rise to 2.35 percent.
In addition, the Bush tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, which could raise the highest marginal federal tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent ? although a deal between Obama and Congress could change that.
Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane figures agents will be on top of the changes ? but the results of negotiations about the so-called fiscal cliff are unpredictable.
"I think if you're hopping around the potential of tax reform, you're probably chasing your tail," Beane said. "If they can predict when something's going to happen, then they're much further ahead than the lawmakers."
With baseball contracts worth as much as $275 million (Alex Rodriguez) and the major league minimum $480,000, tax policy affects every player who spends most of the season in the big leagues.
All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, who has a $10 million salary next year, was traded from the Miami Marlins to the Toronto Blue Jays. While Florida has no state income tax, Reyes remains a New York resident from his days with the Mets and had high taxes to begin with. Ontario's provincial tax rises to 11.16 percent ? on top of a Canadian federal level as high as 29 percent.
Among states with big league teams, income tax rates go as high as 10.3 percent in California and 8.82 percent in New York. At the other end, Florida, Texas and Washington have no state income tax. The top rate in the District of Columbia is 8.95 percent.
"I like ours; we're a no-tax state," Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zdurienck said. "When we sit down with players, that's a huge benefit. I think any player out there that has an opportunity to play in a no-tax state gets benefits, enormous benefits. We hope that weighs in our favor."
According to an analysis done by a tax lawyer on the staff of agent Scott Boras, a player with a $10 million salary and average deductions who plays in Florida and is a resident of that state will see his taxes rise from $3.45 million this year to $4.09 million next year under current law. If traded to the Blue Jays, that player's 2013 tax would rise to $4.27 million. And if dealt to a California team, the tax would go up to $4.4 million.
By moving money from salary into signing bonuses, players can sometimes lower their state tax bills. Shifting money into December this year could reduce federal taxes.
"Tax measures are going to be discussed, but change most likely carries compromise on both sides," Boras said. "One thing is clear based on the nation's ballot totals: Many Americans are split on this subject."
In the end, most free agents choose teams based on where they want to play, not on lowering the tax cut on their income.
"It's a factor, maybe even a small factor," agent Craig Landis said. "If there's 50 variables, you can now make it a 51st. It's not usually going to be the drive, but it's something to consider."
And for teams, only the big spenders need worry.
Beane's Athletics, for instance, had the lowest payroll in the majors last season.
"It's probably not a situation I'll have to face in Oakland too much," he said.
?No way. This shade of tan one tab over looks so much better!?
Although a bit silly and overly simplified, the concept is one that?absolutely?needs to be well thought out before you go into real estate. The concept being:
Do you want 51% of the ?say? in your business decisions, or do you want 50%?
There are many reasons why at some point in your career, a partner may be wise or needed, but my personal opinion is that unless you absolutely need a partner, take the journey alone!
Personality Check
The first thing you need to do is take an honest?assessment?of yourself,?particularly, your personality. This could very well be the thing that creates major bumps in your ride. I won?t go quite as far as saying it would END your ride, but depending on the situation, it could get pretty darn close.
Are you a control freak?
Are you?obsessive?compulsive about details?
Are you great with numbers? Do you enjoy numbers?
Do you know how to pound in a nail?
Whether you answered ?yes? or ?no? to any of these questions doesn?t matter, what matters is what you do with this information. There are plenty of other questions to ask, but these will serve as a guideline for some examples.
Can I Compensate, but Avoid Partnership?
After you have the first round of questions out of the way, you can begin to try and structure how your business?management?will work. We?ll use my personal answer to these questions, and how I applied it.
Are you a control freak??- Yes
Are you?obsessive?compulsive about details??- No
Are you great with numbers? Do you enjoy numbers??- Yes
Do you know how to pound in a nail??- No
I love control and being an engineer by degree, I love numbers. I?m okay with details, but not great and when it comes to construction, it?s?embarrassing.
Does that mean I need I need to partner up with someone to overcome my?deficiencies? No!
I compensate for this by using a project manager and an assistant whom I pay?separately. ?Yes, I could give them equity stake and then not have to pay them; however, I want equity for myself, and more importantly, I want CONTROL. It just fits my personality.
If you?re not very good with numbers, find someone who is, and create an?arrangement?with them. ?If you can help me analyze my deal and crunch the numbers, I?ll pay you x-amount.? Sure it is money out of your pocket and an expense, but it keeps you in control, and you?ll find it is well worth it.
Can I Temporarily Partner, but then Avoid?
The one instance where you truly have no other option to partner is if you have no capital. Yea, yea, ?yea ? I know about all those ?no money needed? real estate strategies, including wholesaling. I have no?empirical?data to back this up, but I?m guessing for every 10 people who approach the wholesaling strategy or ?no money down,? maybe 1 or 2 actually survive as real estate investors. If the odds of success were higher than that, I sure wouldn?t struggle as much as I do to find ?true? wholesalers. (sorry, went off on a tangent there, let?s get back on track!)
If you love control, I would try and arrange a partnership on JUST THAT DEAL. Not a partnership for your overall company. This way, you can get access to the capital you need, but when things are done, still have the option to?continue?on your separate path.
Do you have capital, but not enough for rehab costs? Partner up with a contractor. In this case, you definitely only want it as a ?per deal? basis as in the future you can just include the contractor in your budget, but if you?re short on cash, this is a justifiable reason to partner up.
Avoid this Trap
?We?ve been friends since middle school. Let?s go into real estate together.? Uggggg? T-minus x amount of months before business and friendship go sour.
Yes, I know. You know of partnerships that work (same with me), but when I personally stop and think about it, I can think of double the amount of partnerships that have just failed.
If you find yourself with capital, but are inching?towards?a partnership out of ?fear-of-the-unknown? and using the shield of ?This person is my friend/family, that?s why I want them as my partner? as an excuse, then you need to step back and truly think twice about it. I?m not saying this is impossible to accomplish (my brother-in-law and his brother have run a successful?lawn-care?business for numerous years), but what I AM saying is this?
If the only reason for wanting a partnership is for personal comfort, DO NOT DO IT.
If you have the capital and want to work with a person, then by all means work with them, just pay them separately though instead of giving up 50% equity in your business. Don?t fall into the trap of ?my strong friendship/family ties will overcome any difficulties.? When actual money is on the line, it has a way to completely dismantling those ?ties.? Again, it may work, but why RISK IT if you already have the needed supplies (capital) to get started.
Step outside of your comfort zone. Push yourself a bit. You?ll be glad you did when you can look at the other person in the room and say, ?It?s my company and my decision, so we?re going with MY shade of tan.?
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Clay is a licensed real estate agent and the owner of Huber Property Group, LLC, a real estate investment company located in Grand Rapids, MI. His company purchases distressed properties with the main exit strategy of fixing them up and reselling with owner financing, particularly, land contracts.
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